Iwao Ōtani Movies

Zatoichi's trek through 88 temples to atone for his violent past is interrupted as he stumbles into a village terrorized by a violent yakuza boss.

Japan, 1137. The Taira family, a samurai clan, becomes involved in the disputes between Emperor Toba and the monks of Mount Hiei.

Zatoichi runs afoul of some evil fugitives, working for a corrupt law official.

A spearman who had long admired the samurai rises up after learning of cruelty of the samurai class.

A lighthearted and entertaining film that incorporates popuar songs into a period drama.

Rin Jyoshima lost her father to death-by-gambling; years later, she's grown up in the Kosugi household and has fallen victim to gambling herself.

A social drama about the first female police officer.

In the mountain regions of Hida, the dreams of a peasant named Kyonosuke, who longed to be a samurai, come true when he becomes one of three doubles,...

Shinnosuke is introduced to Shizu as a prospective marriage partner, but he falls in love with her widowed sister Oyu. Convention forbids Oyu to...

Biographical film about bacteriologist Dr. Hideyo Noguchi.